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A storm surge of 10-15 feet from south of Venice to Cape Coral and Fort Myers, Florida, and 6-10 feet possible in Naples and Marco Island, Florida. However, even at these levels, great risk to ...
Water has begun to run over seawalls in Marco Island, Florida, round 6:30 p.m. Wednesday as Hurricane Milton continued to barrel toward the peninsula and outerbands affected Southwest Florida.
The City of Marco Island released updated information for residents following Hurricane Ian on Friday morning.
Aside from Naples Ian caused $256 million in damages in Marco Island, $7.1 million in Everglades City, and $948 million in unincorporated areas. Throughout the county, the hurricane caused major impacts to 3,515 commercial and residential structures and demolished 33 others. Building damages alone in Collier County totaled about $2.2 billion.
The hurricane brought strong winds to the state of Florida. Officially, the strongest sustained wind speed was 112 mph (180 km/h), observed by a spotter on Marco Island, while the highest recorded wind gust was 142 mph (229 km/h) at the Naples Municipal Airport. [35]
September 10 – Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph (210 km/h), followed hours later by a second landfall on Marco Island with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). The hurricane caused or contributed to at least 87 deaths in the state, with possibly over 400 deaths related to the storm.
For the latest updates on Hurricane Milton's aftermath across Florida, read USA TODAY's live hurricane coverage for Thursday, Oct. 10. ... Marco Island resident will ride out the storm.
Hurricane Marco was the first of two tropical cyclones to threaten the Gulf Coast of the United States within a three-day period. The thirteenth named storm and third hurricane of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season , Marco developed from a fast-moving tropical wave west of the Windward Islands and south of Jamaica on August 20.